Outcome Measures and ID‐COSM Reporting Standards in Alveolar Ridge Augmentation: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials
By Khushboo Kalani, Hamoun Sabri, Maaham Lodhi, Pranav Kataria, Shivam Patel, Lucrezia Parma‐Benfenati, Muhammad H. A. Saleh
Originally at onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Summary & scoring by The Bell Brief (Dr. Jennifer Bell) using the Drill-Down Protocol (Drill-Down Score) — not the original publisher.
Why it matters for dental
Standardized outcome reporting is now required for any alveolar ridge augmentation study; practice owners and periodontists who participate in trials, publish, or use the literature to select grafting materials must adopt the new ID-COSM checklist or risk rejection by journals and payers.
Key points
- ID-COSM (Implant Dentistry Core Outcome Set–Mandibular) mandates 11 core domains—vertical/horizontal bone gain, soft-tissue thickness, patient-reported outcomes, and complications—for every future ridge-augmentation RCT.
- Systematic review screened 1,124 titles; only 11 % of published trials met the minimum reporting standards, highlighting widespread gaps in peri-implant tissue metrics.
- Authors recommend journals, IRBs, and implant companies require ID-COSM compliance before study registration or manuscript submission starting January 2025.
- Specialists and DSO clinical-research teams can use the open-access ID-COSM template to harmonize pre-op CBCT, 6-month re-entry, and 12-month patient surveys, improving cross-study comparisons for material purchasing decisions.
Who should care
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